The impact of a community-based comprehensive sex education program on Chinese adolescents' sex-related knowledge and attitudes

Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children and Youth

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 43-64

  Wang, Bo ^a,d   Meier, Ann ^b   Shah, Iqbal ^c   Li, Xiaoming ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; China; Intervention; Reproductive health services; Sex education; Sex related knowledge; Sexual initiation

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHINESE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL GROUP; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH;

EID: 34249324052     PISSN: 15538346     EISSN: 15538613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J499v07n02_04     Document Type: Conference Paper

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